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What's happening with Natural Instincts?Dec 31, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello, We've kept silent for a bit, and we're sorry that you've been kept in the dark. Your reviews and feedback about survival and city-building features made us discuss our ideas all over again. We would love to realize our vision, but only if you, as this game's players base, like it. That's why we've taken more time to rethink its further development. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/0b58dc2cb6851b209184dd39ceed186561f86223.png We must ask you for a bit more patience. I know it's a lot to ask as you've been waiting for more specific information. Yes, we're fixing the wolves campaign. Yes, we're fixing bugs causing the game to crash. We're trying to find a solution to improve the optimization further. And yes, we have a lot of ideas for the game's development, but we're trying to meet you in the middle. And we're full of hope that you will be happy when we're ready to share details with you. However, we don't want to talk about things that are still only ideas in our heads. We've got your feedback on adding city-building elements (such as river dams, feeding trays, bridges placed above roads so animals could cross safely, and so on) and survival ones. We're discussing what we can do. We've asked more players to play and give us their feedback as well, just to gain as many notes as possible. This is not the end of Natural Instincts. It's just the beginning. And trust me, we love this project way too much to leave it in Early Access forever. Stay safe, stay positive, and may your 2022 be full of joy and great games! Natural Instincts teamA little bit of information on the Natural Instincts' further developmentOct 1, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear Nature Lovers, first of all, we apologize that we've kept you waiting. Thanks to the feedback we've received after Natural Instincts' launch, we've spent a lot of time discussing possible scenarios for the game's future development. We wanted to figure out a way to satisfy the needs and expectations of as many of you as possible. Finally, we've made some decisions. We've decided to add some survival and city-building features to Natural Instincts. We have our ideas that we'd like to implement in the game but it's your opinion that we crave the most. How do you feel about these elements in our game? How would you like them to work? We were also discussing which new biomes should be added to the game for its full release. However, we must also think about the animals and the stories about their presence in a specific habitat. The research on this takes a lot of time as we check a lot of different species and their behaviors. We're also considering any possible danger factors that they are vulnerable to as we want to create meaningful stories about them. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168610/Natural_Instincts/ We're awaiting your comments and suggestions. All of the feedback you keep supplying us with since the Early Access launch means the world to us! Sincerely, Team Natural InstinctsAbout first fixes and updates!Jul 29, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello, Guardians! Wow, where did that time go? It has been a week since Natural Instincts launched in Early Access. Meanwhile, you have written over 50 reviews and provided us with TONS of valuable feedback. Thanks to you we have a lot to discuss. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/634a8fc08608b8a621b5eb8472c8bc173affa57b.png In the meantime, we've been working hard on improving the game. Here is a list of fixes that we have provided over the last week: Fixes to issues with time changing button Fixes to issues with missing subtitles Fixes to selecting units Minor fixes to achievements Fixes to issues with cursor manager Fixes to attack activation Fixes to selecting units Fixes in saving system Fixed heavy frame drops related to autosave Fixed minor quest issues Fixed rabbit campaign cutscenes Fixed animal counter display Fixed bugs related to selected units Fixed outline bugs Fixed bugs related to narration Fixed bugs related to right-click Fixed minor issues related to selectable elements in the map Corrected achievements related to the animal population Fixed quicksave location and path Fixed game loading on the game over Fixed issues related to animal ragdolls Fixed issues with waypoints Fixed issues related to tooltips Fixed Russian and Chinese characters missing Fixed main menu screen settings Fixed issues related to animals sleeping in dens Fixes to narration system Fixes to game saving and autosaving failing to write to disk Fixes to Steam API communication Fixes to issues related to animal names Fixed bug related to children highlight Fixed bug related to orphaned children Fixed bug related to mating action Fixed bug related to attack action Correction to fawn deer avatar Optimizations to cars sounds {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/d06a6f4b78d06d7c69a6355013b5baf9930d62b6.png We keep working on the game's optimization and lowering its hardware requirements. It will take a lot of time, so we must ask for your patience. We are also discussing and analyzing all of your suggestions and notes. Thank you for taking the time to write them! Thank you for taking the time to show our game on Youtube and Twitch. Thank you for taking the time to review it! Your support means a lot to us, and we would never dare to dream about such an active community! Stay with us, keep supporting the game, and keep an eye on its development! Stay safe, Natural Instincts teamNatural Instincts is live in Early Access!Jul 22, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear Guardians, The day has come! Natural Instincts Early Access is out now with a special 10% launch discount! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/850c6cce00d91420b5b8b91f7139f5fb58751962.png Help the animal kingdom flourish! Dive deep into the forests filled with birdsong, fascinating animals, and various challenges. Natural Instincts is a relaxing experience that gives you an insight into the wildlife of European forests. Learn about the different species and protect them and their environment. Keep the dangers away from the animals and help them breed so that their packs, colonies, and families can grow. Be careful, though, as the balance in the environment is very fragile. You can lead the animals to extermination or make their population thrive. It all depends on you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/0bd4940408e7b92482da875cdc2b07bb6d16bea1.jpg Early Access Don't forget that Natural Instincts launches in Early Access! It is not fully optimized yet, and we plan to work on that in the future. The game also has high hardware requirements at the moment, so it may not run well on all configurations. Remember to check the game's minimum requirements on its Steam page. Thank you for patiently waiting for this day! Your feedback helped us create this magical experience and we can't wait to get your opinions on it. Unleash your natural instincts... and relax! Natural Instincts TeamNatural Instincts Early Access is just around the corner!Jul 12, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsOh, how the time flies... We don't want to get too emotional, but it's hard not to when we think about these last two years of development of Natural Instincts. It's been such a wild ride, and we enjoyed it a lot! However, it's just the beginning! At this point, you probably know that Natural Instincts launches on July 22, 2021, in Early Access! It means we're going to keep working on the game, not only on fixing bugs but also creating more in-game content for the full release version :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/8c55982f0849349259c5364fbc4240ff0b08f51e.png Today we didn't come empty-handed as well. Here's a sneak peek of the new UI that's going to improve your in-game experience! If you've played Natural Instincts alfa or beta, you will be able to see how much changed there! It's all thanks to your priceless feedback! Therefore, we want to thank you once more! Stay safe and take care of the environment! There are only 10 days left until Early Access lunch! Natural Instincts team PS. In the meanwhile, you can join our Discord channel. We're awaiting you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/7100c98c797a6ac18a7fd9471612d3cdb6e30dda.png New Launch Date for the Early Access of Natural InstinctsJun 18, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear Players, today we would like to thank you for your continuous support and feedback. Your dedication warms our hearts and we couldn't have asked for a better community. However, your feedback still shows us some areas that need our attention. We don't want to disappoint you, therefore we've decided to change the Early Access launch date to July 22, 2021. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/0b58dc2cb6851b209184dd39ceed186561f86223.png Do these 3 weeks of delay change so much for you, devs, in terms of giving us a unique game? In fact, yes, they do! Thanks to these additional three weeks we will be able to give you a completely new UI. It will help you to properly care for every animal in the forest. We are also working on a better optimization of the game, as well as translating it to more languages. For now, all we can recommend to you is to check out the Steam Next Festival with plenty of demos to try out and have a bit more patience. We want to give you a game that will meet your expectations. Thank you once again for your support and patience! Sincerely, Natural Instincts Team Open Beta Test + update!May 31, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello! As May is coming to an end and we're all already thinking about the summer, we want to give you a little bit of sunshine. Today we want to share with you some new information about Natural Instincts' latest update. What has been changed, fixed, or added? Updates are based on your suggestions and bug reports. Therefore, we want to thank you for your support and your commitment to providing us with your feedback. It is of great value to us! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/b3d3d274cb3e5dfb40b92daadfb5c2b944a7d58d.jpg Added: Custom cursors Animals local avoidance Animals run away to die alone Time controlling hotkeys Animals run away from cars New tooltips Subtitles Fixed: Minor bugs Quest in wolves campaign where you need to kill deers Tutorial camera fade Better animals hitboxes Animals growth system Animals ragdolls Changed: Boar textures Rabbits entering the den Garbage truck quest {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/14844aa7ebe1307c76bc1b0f9c1de187e7fb1c9d.jpg Open beta tests Those of you who already received a game key for closed beta tests or backed the game on Kickstarter may already test the newest build with all updates mentioned above. We would be grateful if you could give us your feedback on it as well! Here's a short survey for you! And that's not all! More improvements are coming before the Early Access launch on July 1, 2021! Keep an eye on the upcoming announcements to stay on top of the news! Best regards, Natural Instincts Team Natural Instincts - your feedback and two more campaignsMay 6, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHi there! Today we have a couple of pieces of information for you! Closed beta tests feedback First of all, we want to thank you for all the feedback that you've sent after participating in the closed beta tests. Every comment and every note were thoroughly analyzed by our team and we figured out how to fix most of the things you've mentioned so far. Thanks to you, we know which elements of the gameplay require the most attention from us and we're already working on improving them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/186b101f46575cdd788db4da7527ee752535276f.gif Two more stories mode Those of you who participated in the closed beta tests had a chance to try the Freeplay version of the game as well as the first story mode focused on wolves. We are preparing two more campaigns - one about rabbits and one about boars. They will be available for the Early Access release on July 1, 2021. Discord server Please, remember that if you want to contact us about the game the fastest way to get to us is to join our Discord server! You can leave your suggestions on the game there as well! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/0527b2b5e0f55d987e7e7af16808dbe7afc1e567.gif That's it for now! Thank you for your attention and remember to add Natural Instincts to your wishlist and follow the game to get regular updates on its development process :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168610/Natural_Instincts/ Best regards, Natural Instincts TeamNew Launch Date for the Early Access of Natural InstinctsApr 9, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello! If you participated in closed beta tests, you know that Natural Instincts requires a little bit more extra time to tune it and deliver you a fantastic gameplay experience for the Early Access launch. We have carefully read every note you've provided us with and discussed it thoroughly. We have decided to move the Early Access launch of Natural Instincts to July 1 2021. Please, accept our apology for another delay and for making you wait longer. Trust us - it wasn't an easy decision but still, the one we had to make. This extra time will allow us to focus on applying your notes and suggestions to the game and improving it. We want to add more content, further balance game mechanics, and fix bugs that you've reported. Without your support in these recent closed beta tests, it would not be possible. Thank you for your patience and support! They mean a lot to us and we want to offer you Natural Instincts' game in its best possible version! Sincerely, Natural Instinct's teamSign up for the closed beta tests for Natural InstinctsMar 31, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello! We want to let you know that we're finally launching closed beta tests for Natural Instincts. We would love for all of you to participate in them and let us know what do you think about the game. Feel free to share your suggestions for future development. Please, use our sign-up form to get a chance to participate in closed beta tests: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36101468/6ca00354bbd269cceca38e3d91ecba50f9d351dd.png Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Join our Discord to stay on top of game-related news! And check out our new Instagram account - it has launched just recently and needs some love from you :) Stay safe! Early Access Release in April!Jan 21, 2021 - Community Announcements📣 We already know the early access release date! 📣 We can finally announce that Natural Instincts early access will launch at the end of April 2021! We hope you are just as excited as we are! Let us know if you have any questions regarding the release. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter ❤️ New Natural Instincts update!Nov 24, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAnother Natural Instincts update has been released! What's new? 😮Have a look at the changelog! Added Meadow ambient sounds Car sounds Controls panel Animals can drink from rivers Player can now name animals Animal action interruption sounds End credits Graphics settings Controls panel in the main menu Fixed Car spawning behavior Vegetation texture optimization Scripts optimization Changed Animals navigation system Main menu design Camera movement Quests system Saving system What's the surprise? We are going to add a Story Mode to the game! 🥳❤️ You will be able to play different Natural Instincts campaigns to fully experience the life and behavior of a particular species. Be ready to face new, unique for every species challenges and events! 🐗🐻 Complete the survey about Natural Instincts Demo!Oct 9, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsA lot is going on this fall 🍂 The Natural Instincts demo is featured at the Steam Game Festival!🎉 The release is getting closer, so we have a short survey for you about your experience with Natural Instincts. Regardless of whether you played the demo or the alpha version of the game, we really appreciate your opinions, as they let us constantly improve Natural Instincts. 🐺 ❤️ You can find the survey here 👈 We are waiting for your feedback! Game Stream!Oct 6, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone! We are super excited to be a part of the upcoming Steam Festival. To celebrate this event, we prepared a demo version of Natural Instincts for you to try. We would like to invite you all to a live stream and share your thoughts about the game! We hope you're all holding up well during these dire teams. Keep safe, stay home, and wash your hands! Stay tuned!Natural Instincts UpdateOct 2, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsTime for some updates! The last few months have been intense for us. A lot happened in Natural Instincts, although we mainly focused on fixing bugs reported by our players. We have some good news, though! Another update is coming to Steam soon, along with many optimization changes and some practical solutions that we will reveal to you with the new version's release! We know you're looking forward to the game launch. Still, an additional biome and your extensive, though precious, feedback has proven to be so time-consuming that we have to postpone the release date - we want to release the game in a form promised during the Kickstarter campaign. Thank you for your patience! For the newest updates and latest reports from Natural Instincts, visit and follow us on Twitter and Facebook!Kickstarter campaign has come to an end!Jun 29, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsThe Kickstarter campaign is over. Thank you all for so much support! Thanks to you, we managed to fund not only the basic version of the game but also an additional biome! That's right, the full version of Natural Instincts will feature Arctic biome on the release day! Add Natural Instincts to your wishlist and stay tuned for more information about the release! You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter to always be up to date with the newest updates! Arctic biome already funded! Next goal: Savanna!Jun 25, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsIt's update time! We have already reached 130% of the Kickstarter goal!🥳 Do you know what it means? The Arctic biome is already funded! ❄️ Thank you for your support ❤️ Next goal? Savanna! 🦁☀️ Get ready for lots of sun and even more challenges! Majestic lions 🦁, curious giraffes🦒, or powerful elephants 🐘 need your protection. Hurry up though, as there are less than 2 days left to the end of the campaign! Click here to check out the campaign and help us fund savanna biome! Although the arctic is now going to be introduced, we are still constantly improving and polishing the European forests.🌳 In the latest version of the game we added a new special event with garbage truck - protect the animals and stop them from eating trash! Have you ever tried to stop a wild boar from anything? It's not so easy! 🐗100% funded. Let's reach for our first stretch goal!Jun 15, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsYou did it! We are already over 100% funded! It's incredible how many of you actively take part in improving and developing Natural Instincts. We already have fans so excited and devoted to the game, it's almost unbelievable. Your support; not only the financial one, but also every kind word about the project, every share on social media, or every comment about you expectations, all of these makes us believe that we can achieve something meaningful. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts! This is not the end though! We have prepared for you many more challenging biomes, which we decided to set as our stretch goals. Guide the lions in hot Africa or lead the stock of penguins in ice-covered arctic. How many biomes we will bring to life depends on you and your support! Check out our campaign for more! Our first goal? Frosty Arctic! Don't let low temperatures discourage you from saving little penguins, they need your help! Let's recreate the whole world in Natural Instincts!More than 80% funded! Join our discord channel!Jun 12, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAnd here it comes, 80% of the campaign has already been funded! We have said it several times already, but we will repeat it again; you are awesome! Thank you so much for your support! Check out our campaign! If you haven't backed us yet, check out our discord channel and listen to those who have already played Natural Instincts alpha! Join our discord channel! Even during the campaign, we collect feedbacks about Natural Instincts from you so that we can improve the game all the time. Thanks to you, we added camera speed regulators, and we increased the maximum zoom in the game. These are small changes for now, but you can expect more! Your feedback is very important to us, so we can meet your expectations and create something unique We have already achieved 65% of our Kickstarter goal!Jun 8, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsWe have already achieved 65% of our Kickstarter campaign goal! Thank you so much! We are also here to say that one of our limited rewards is already running out! Unstoppable Boar reward became very popular: no wonder, it gives a unique chance to play the alpha version of Natural Instincts, and all that at a reduced price! Get your chance to play Natural Instincts alpha here! Back Natural Instincts on Kickstarter and get such rewards as: Full game on release Alpha version of the game delivered in 48h Invitation to an exclusive Discord channel You as a character in the game Chance to create an event in the game with us Exclusive wallpaper pack And many more! Check out our campaign!
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